week 7: vocabulary and lesson reflection – sketchbook exercise on abstraction & imagination

featured image: swans reflecting elephants, Salvador Dali

Key words:

composition

Collage

Overlapping 

shape

negative space

emphasis

scale

pattern

abstraction

figuration

variety

In your Sketchbook/Journal create the following entries:

  1. On the left hand side of your sketchbook/journal do the following writing exercise: using the new vocabulary (in blue above) from class, write a short paragraph describing what you did in class.  Answer these questions: what did you notice while you were composing your collage?  What was the most challenging part developing your collage?  What part of collage did you enjoy doing the most?
  2. On the right  side of your journal entry for this week … sketch from your imagination an abstract landscape or an abstract people using different geometric shapes and organic forms. Use pencil to begin with and then selectively use pen and ink to refine your drawing.

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